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Great corn sheller Jim!...I want one to and am just trying to decide green or red like yours!....my family are all BIG time John deere fans....I like how the black flywheel and gears contrast nicely with red background...IMHO the green one has to much bright yellow...very early john deere did not seem to have much yellow only the logo and name...and the green was a bit darker...I think for me, I may order the green one put paint my gears and flywheels black and make it my own

With all this chat about accessories....I have a question about the belt drives, nearly all Wileso SIZE engines seem to be running a black rubber o-ring of sorts or also the wound wire spring type Wileso belt...The Poppin flame licker engine I built from scratch I added a pulley driven fan to cool the cyl and ordered flat belting made from PM reasearch...it is 1/4 in wide and approx .020 thick...I really prefure the look of flat belts...I get the draw of round belts, I think they tolerate more miss alignment than flat belting. I cut a slight crown in my pulleys and the flat belt natural centers on the high spot...if I make custom flat belt pulleys for my D20 and steam accessories, will I regret not having round belts? I would love to hear opinions from experienced steamers!